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Tsukahara Bokuden (塚原 卜伝, 1489 – March 6, 1571) was a famous swordsman of the early Sengoku period.He was described as a kensei (sword saint). He was the founder of a new Kashima style of kenjutsu, and served as an instructor of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Ise provincial governor daimyō Kitabatake Tomonori.
Reinhard is the strongest character in the series, while Reid is one of the strongest, and is actually more skilled with the sword than Reinhard. In-universe, "Sword Saint" is a title and power held by the Astrea Family. It's given to those who have the Divine Protection of the Sword Saint, though Reid, the first, did not have the Divine ...
This category contains any articles pertaining to swordsmen of Japanese-swordsmanship (剣客, Kenkaku - swordsman, and/or 剣豪, Kengou - swords master). Japanese-swordsmanship (剣術, Kenjutsu) is a martial art for using Nihontō and Bokutō. See also: Category:Kendoka - Practitioners of kendo, with shinai, sword made from bamboo.
Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵), born Shinmen Takezō (新免 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [1] also known as Miyamoto Bennosuke and by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, [2] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 ...
Some stories list his family name as Okazaki, but some experts believe this is a fabrication to enhance the standing of the Tokugawa family. [ 5 ] Masamune is believed to have worked in Sagami Province during the last part of the Kamakura period (1288–1328), and it is thought that he was trained by swordsmiths from Bizen and Yamashiro ...
Sasaki Kojirō (佐々木 小次郎, also known as Ganryū Kojirō; c. 1585 – April 13, 1612) was a Japanese swordsman who may have lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama and early Edo periods and is known primarily for the story of his duel with Miyamoto Musashi in 1612, where Sasaki was killed. Although suffering from defeat as well as death at ...
It is attested to by the bestowing of two artifacts: a scroll on which is written the name of the techniques and the approach to them that must be transmitted if the school is to be perpetuated truly, [3] and a wooden sword that Musashi made himself, with which he trained and used as a walking stick during the last years of his life, [3] today ...
In commenting on her death, the author stated that he saw Yumi's happiness following Shishio everywhere, including hell. Watsuki had no particular personality model for Yumi. Still, the character is essentially a version of Ogin, a character played by actress Kaoru Yumi in Mitokōmon Gaiden: Kagerō Ninpō-Chō, a spinoff series of Mitokōmon ...